#9A99BC#9A99BC

#9A99BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.051 H 286.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A99BC
RGB	rgb(154, 153, 188)
HSL	hsl(242, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(242, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.1%, 18.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.39, 7.71, -17.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.39, 19.53, 293.25°)
OKLab	oklab(69.59% 0.0143 -0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(69.59% 0.051 286.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.7927, 33.2829, 52.2111)
Luminance	0.3328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A99BC #BBBC99

analogous

#99AABC #9A99BC #AC99BC

triadic

#9A99BC #BC9A99 #99BC9A

tetradic

#9A99BC #BC99AA #BBBC99 #99BCAC

square

#9A99BC #BC99AA #BBBC99 #99BCAC

split-complementary

#9A99BC #BCAC99 #AABC99

monochromatic

#585784 #7574A4 #9A99BC #BFBED4 #E3E3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#9A99BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#9A99BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9A99BC

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A99BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9A99BC	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919DBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909BBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939FA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a99bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 153, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.051 286.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8b7d0',
    500: '#9a99bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a99bc;
$custom-light: #b8b7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a99bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.714,
    "s": 20.71,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69587,
    "c": 0.05095,
    "h": 286.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A99BC

secondary

#DEDED3

accent

#9F469D

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111114

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A99BC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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